Celebrities don’t get engaged like the rest of us. They’re millionaires and billionaires, after all, so they tend to go a little bit crazier with their engagement rings. And who can blame them? Wouldn’t we all be dropping huge sums of money on wildly extravagant engagement rings if we had the means? Of course we would. But since we can’t, let’s settle for checking out 12 of the most amazing celebrity engagement rings ever.
Lady Gaga
We’ve talked about Gaga’s engagement ring before in other posts, but we can’t help but mention again how, well, gaga we are for this heart-shaped beauty of a ring. It’s so huge that Lady Gaga has joked on the Tonight Show that fiancé Taylor Kinney had it made that way to scare off other guys.
Iggy Azalea
Sadly, Australian popstar Iggy Azalea’s engagement to LA Laker Nick Young fell apart when it was revealed the basketball player had been unfaithful to her. But that doesn’t mean we can’t still appreciate the ring she got! Iggy’s engagement ring was an enormous $500,000 piece featuring an 8.15-carat fancy intense yellow stone with 2.28 carats of white diamonds set in 18-carat white gold.
Ciara
This is another love that didn’t last, but it’s also another beautiful ring! Rapper Future proposed to Ciara with a mind-blowing 15-carat diamond in October of 2013.
Ciara (Again)
Don’t feel too bad for Ciara – she got engaged again, this time to Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson, and Wilson took it upon himself to one-up Future. Yes, he gave Ciara a 16-carat diamond in a literal one-upping of Future’s ring.
Kim Kardashian
When you’re Kim and Kanye (or Kanye and Kim or, if you must, “Kimye”) you don’t do anything half-heartedly. Virtually everything the couple has done together has been front-page news in the gossip magazines, practically right down to what they had for lunch. The two obviously love the limelight, though, and it was no different when they got engaged, with Kanye giving Kim an attention-grabbing 15-carat diamond ring that he and jeweler Lorraine Schwartz designed.
Megan Fox
The star of Transformers, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and probably at least one other Michael Bay production we’re forgetting got engaged to Brian Austin Green when he presented her with a three-carat diamond ring with diamond halo.
Mila Kunis
We all loved Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher’s whacky on-again/off-again relationship on That ‘70s Show. In fact, just about the only thing we loved more is their real-life relationship. Mila’s ring from Ashton is so impressive that she almost never even wears it! The $250,000 ring with a Tiffany’s solitaire 5-carat diamond is just too valuable. Instead, she wears a more replaceable wedding band that cost a lot less money.
Miley Cyrus
And speaking of on-again/off-again relationships, let’s talk about Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth’s real-life engagement. Way back in June 2012 Liam presented Miley with a 3.5-carat diamond engagement ring from jeweler Neil Lane. But they called it quits in September of 2013. That wasn’t the end, though. The couple reunited this past January, and Miley has been seen wearing the engagement ring in public again ever since.
Scarlett Johansson
Scarjo got engaged to French journalist Romain Dauriac in August 2013 when he asked the big question with a vintage Art Deco ring. The ring features three round diamonds surrounded by a retro rectangular setting with – you guessed it – more diamonds.
Gabrielle Union
Just a few days before Christmas of 2013, NBA star Dwayne Wade asked actress Gabrielle Union to be his wife, and she said yes. Gabrielle made the engagement public when she posted her exquisite square-cut diamond ring on Instagram. The ring has an 8.5-carat diamond with four prongs and is valued (at a minimum) at $800,000 to $1,000,000. The diamond is set on a simple platinum band, making the focus entirely on the stone.
Reese Witherspoon
Academy Award-winning actress Reese Witherspoon got engaged to talent agent Jim Toth in December of 2010. It would be her second engagement (and later marriage) after being engaged and married to actor Ryan Phillippe before the couple divorced in 2007. Toth gave Witherspoon a beautiful four-carat diamond ring.
Paris Hilton
We’ve shown you a lot of incredible rings already, but this one takes the cake. Paris Latsis gave Paris Hilton a ridiculously huge 24-carat diamond ring in May 2005 in what may have been the ultimate union of One Percenters.
Cubic Zirconia Engagement Rings
Like we said at the beginning of this blog post: the rings on this list are not for normal people, sadly. But cheer up – their look can be for anyone. Russian Formula cubic zirconia jewelry looks so incredibly alike real diamonds that anyone can afford to own the giant engagement ring rock of their dreams!
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